Weighing device
AssigneeIshida Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroe KONISHI
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Abstract
A weighing device includes a conveyance unit which conveys an article, a hopper which receives the article conveyed by the conveyance unit, temporarily holds the article, and then discharges the article downstream, a detection unit which detects the article between a conveyance end of the conveyance unit and the hopper, and a control unit which controls driving of the conveyance unit. When the detection unit does not detect the article at a start of driving of the conveyance unit, the control unit drives the conveyance unit for a first period. When the detection unit detects the article at a start of driving of the conveyance unit, the control unit drives the conveyance unit for a second period longer than the first period.
Claims6
A weighing device comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey an article;
- a hopper configured to receive the article conveyed by the conveyance unit, temporarily hold the received article, and then discharge the article downstream;
- a detection unit configured to detect the article between a conveyance end of the conveyance unit and the hopper;
- and
- a control unit configured to control driving of the conveyance unit;
- wherein
- the control unit drives the conveyance unit for a first period when the detection unit does not detect the article at a start of driving of the conveyance unit, and
- the control unit drives the conveyance unit for a second period longer than the first period when the detection unit detects the article at a start of driving of the conveyance unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.